Gnome-3 'extensions' will take users back to Ubuntu?

[vrkalak]

Has Ubuntu seen the 'error' is it's ways?

Gnome 3 Will Bring Users Back To Ubuntu: Top 6 Gnome Extensions

http://www.muktware.com/articles/3062
http://www.muktware.com/news/3050

Gnome 3 extensions have breathed a new life in those disgruntled Ubuntu users who were looking elsewhere due to the lack of customization of Unity.

The rating jump that LinuxMint enjoyed on Distrowatch was a strong indicator which some Ubuntu fans tried to shot down as 'useless'. Unity may work perfectly fine for a majority of users, especially if you are using a netbook with tiny screen. Don't worry if you were looking elsewhere due to the lack of customization of Unity, now you can customize your Ubuntu and get back to work.

Here are the top 6 extensions to use with Ubuntu and you can start loving it again.

It's the best of both worlds -- stability and power of Debian (with PPA) with customization of Gnome 3 shell.

Now, I just hope those things become part of the standard gnome shell setup and made available in the regular "system config" thing rather than hidden off. Sure, make them default to off if you want that "clean default", but make them easy to find and part of the standard install.

Or would that be too close to "Ok, we admit we were wrong" and thus not politically acceptable?

Isn't this what Mint has been doing all along? Is Ubuntu trying to play catch-up with Mint now?

[vrkalak]

Linus knows a few things about the Linux operating system. (Shut up Stallman, it's called Linux, not GNU/Linux.) I think he knows a usable desktop when he sees one.

So what's happening here is that the GNOME people are starting to figure out "hey, people really do like their taskbar-style desktops -- maybe we ought to make that a configurable option." This is the open source scene working the way it's supposed to.

Meanwhile, over in another part of the universe, Spaceman Shuttleworth still has not been cured of the "Unity" virus he caught while travelling through space, and will continue to make Ubuntu an unusable mess forvermore.

[bimsebasse]

Lots of people are quite happy with Unity, the way it works and the way it looks.

Not that I don't appreciate this cheer-for-your-preferred-desktop-environment-and-ridicule-the-opposition-as-if-they-were-football-teams thing, it does have some entertainment value.

[vrkalak]

Lots of people are quite happy with Unity, the way it works and the way it looks.

Not that I don't appreciate this cheer-for-your-preferred-desktop-environment-and-ridicule-the-opposition-as-if-they-were-football-teams thing, it does have some entertainment value.

Didn't think I was ridiculing anyone ... none of those 'quotes' are mine.
Just thought I was providing a couple of links, to help out users of Gnome-3

I don't use Gnome or Unity - ever . . . I am a Debian-Maintainer for the Fluxbox WM package.